I knew you before you were twenty,
and now you would be seventy-three.
I missed
the best part,
and so did you.
I will look for you
in the Summerland.
ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎤᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬ, ᎠᏆ ᎤᎾᎵ.
ᎠᏯ ᎤᏅᏘᏎ ᏂᎯᏁ ᎤᏓᎷᎸ ᏂᎯ
ᎤᎯᏎ ᏔᎳᏍᎪᎯ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ,
ᎠᎴ ᏃᏊ ᏂᎯ ᎤᎱᏎ
ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪᎯ-ᏦᎢ.
ᎠᏯ ᎦᏅᏗᎢᏎ ᎣᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏛᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᎦᏅᏗᎢᏎ ᎾᏍᏋ.
ᎠᏯ ᎠᏯᏍᏙᏎ ᏂᎯᏁ
ᎪᎩ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎭᏫᎾ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler
